Optical Society

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The Optical Society
Type Professional association
Founded 1916
Headquarters
  • Washington, DC, United States
Origins Founded by optical scientists in 1916 under the leadership of Perley G. Nutting
Key people Donna Strickland (President)
Area served Worldwide
Focus(es) Optics and photonics
Method(s) Professional journals and conferences
Employees 150
Members 18,500
Motto Light in Focus
Website www.osa.org

The Optical Society (OSA) is a professional society in optics and photonics, home to accomplished science, engineering, and business leaders from all over the world.[1] Through publishing, conferences and exhibitions, membership, and education, the Society supports achievement in the science of light. The organization has members in more than 100 countries.[2] As of 2013, OSA has 18,500 individual members, more than 230 corporate member companies, and supports and optics and photonics community of more than 180,000 people worldwide.[3]

History

OSA was founded in 1916, under the leadership of Perley G. Nutting,[4] with 30 optical scientists and instrument makers based in Rochester, New York. OSA soon began publication of its first journal of research results and established an annual meeting.[5] It was founded as the "Optical Society of America" and has evolved into a global enterprise with a worldwide constituency. In recognition of this, the society was renamed in 2008 as The Optical Society (OSA).[6]

Mission

The mission of the Optical Society is to promote the generation, dissemination, application, and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics. The purposes of the Society are scientific, technical, and educational.

Scientific publishing

Scientific publishing is a core activity of the society, consisting of 16 flagship, partnered and co-published peer-reviewed journals and 1 magazine. With more than 240,000 articles including papers from over 450 conferences, the digital library, Optics InfoBase, is the largest peer-reviewed collection of optics and photonics. [7]

Primary journals

  • Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2009-present, publishing long review articles and tutorials.
  • Applied Optics, 1962-present, covering optical applications-centered research.
  • Biomedical Optics Express, 2010-present, an open access journal covering optics, photonics and imaging in the life sciences.
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1917–1983,[8] which was split into two journals in 1984:
    • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 1984-present, covering research on optics, image science, and vision.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 1984-present, covering research on optical physics
  • Optical Materials Express, 2011-present, an open access journal covering advances in novel optical materials, their properties, modeling, synthesis and fabrication techniques.
  • Optics Express, 1997-present, an open access journal covering all areas of optics.
  • Optics Letters, 1977-present, providing rapid publication of short papers in all fields of optical science and technology.

Partnered journals

  • Applied Spectroscopy, 1951-present. Published by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
  • Chinese Optics Letters, 2003-present. Published by Chinese Laser Press.
  • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2009-present. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE. Published from 2002-2009 as Journal of Optical Networking.
  • Journal of Display Technology, 2005-present. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE.
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology, 1998-present. Jointly published by OSA and IEEE.
  • Journal of Optical Technology, 1999-present. English translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal published by the S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute.
  • Journal of Optical Society of Korea, 2007-present. Published by the Optical Society of Korea.
  • Photonics Research, 2013-present. Jointly published by OSA and Chinese Laser Press.

Magazine

Optics and Photonics News, 1989-present. Distributed to all OSA Members.

Recognitions

The Optical Society recognizes distinguished achievements in the field of optics through the presentation of awards and honors. OSA’s awards and medals program is endowed through the OSA Foundation (OSAF).

Categories of recognition include: OSA Fellow, OSA Awards, Senior Members, and Honorary Members.

Awards:

Conferences and exhibitions

OSA sponsors small and large meetings consisting of a technical program and an industrial exhibition appropriate to the subject matter and number of attendees. Large conferences often include professional education courses and workshops addressing the state of emerging technology and industry. The OSA Executive Speaker Series presents luminaries from industry in an informal studio setting to discuss their career paths. Past executives include Coherent CEO John Ambroso and American Elements CEO Michael Silver.[9]

Local sections and student chapters

OSA local sections and student chapters are encouraged and supported by the umbrella organization but operate independently. Their activities may include guest speakers, educational outreach, and content from other scientific societies. In 2013, 20 local sections (13 in the U.S. and 7 non-U.S.)and more than 300 student chapters were affiliated with OSA. [10]

OSA Foundation

The OSA Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting programs that:

  • Advance youth science education
  • Provide optics education and resources to underserved populations
  • Offer career and professional development resources
  • Award, honor and recognize technical and business excellence

Since its establishment in 2002, the Foundation has provided funding for over 350 programs and awarded 825+ grants and prizes in more than 55 countries. Funded activities include: student travel grants, special resources for university students studying optics, scholarships and classroom and extracurricular youth science education programs.[11]

OSA presidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/overview/
  2. ↑ Colleen Morrison, "Societies: the Optical Society of America," The Industrial Physicist, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004, pp. 29-30.
  3. ↑ http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/overview/
  4. ↑ Observers, Illuminants, Light Sources for Color Difference Calculations, William Reginald Dawes
  5. ↑ "Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots.", files of W. Lewis Hyde, Optics & Photonics News, Vol. 17, No. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 18-19.
  6. ↑ "Mission of OSA". Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Optics InfoBase". 
  8. ↑ "JOSA". Optics InfoBase. Retrieved 2011-06-09. 
  9. ↑ OSA Executive Speaker Series, The Optical Society
  10. ↑ Chapter Locations, The Optical Society. Washington, DC, 2010.
  11. ↑ The OSA Foundation, OSA Foundation. Washington, DC, 2010.

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